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A motor starter box, strapped and carried in loader bucket, tipped and fell on an employee. He suffered an ankle fracture requiring surgical repair with screws and plates and 4 months recovery. Contributing factors: 1) failing to ensure employee was clear from potential tipping of the box 2) non-routine nature of this task 3) inadequate securing of the load against tipping.

Front end was building safety berm, stopped to load customers. Trucks continued the effort by hauling & dumping material to build berm for edges of stockpile. EE was dumping load of material & positioned too close to edge. Surface did not support & truck went over backwards, slid & fell 25 feet & landed on top. Impact caused his head to strike metal cooling fan mounted in cab.

ATTEMPTING TO BUST OUT A TOE IN THE SHOT, WITH BUCKET OF END LOADER. FELT BUCKET CATCH THE TOE, BRACED MYSELF FOR A RAPID STOP, BUT TOE CAME LOOSE & SHOT LOADER FORWARD, WHICH THREW ME BACK AG AINST SEAT & CAUSEAD BACK TO BE BENT OR OVER-EXTENDED OVER TOP OF THE SEAT. MIDDLE TO UPPER BACK SPRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A PIT TRUCK AROUND CORNER AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PIT TRAVEL TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED SLIGHT WHIPLASH TYPE INJURY TO NECK AREA.

EE WAS BACKING STOCKPILE TRUCK UP TO DUMP-BECAME HIGH-CENTERED ON SMALL PILE. LEFT VEHICLE TO GET TOW CHANIN-RETURNED, HOOKED ON TO END LOADER WITH CHAIN AND WAS PULLED OFF PILE AND UP INCLINE BY ENDLOADER. CHAIN BECAME SLACKENED AND SNAPPED ALLOWING VEHICLE TO ROLL BACK DOWN INCLINE-DRIVER APPLIED BRAKE & CLUTCH-RAN BACK ONTO PILE & OVERTURNED. BRUISES TO ABDOMEN, PELVIS & FLANK.

54736YEE WAS DRIVING FRONT-END LOADER OUT OF QUARRY PIT WHEN ENGINE DIED LOADER ROLLED BACKWARDS OVER PROTECTION BERM & TURNED ONTO ITS SIDE